An Invitation to Play

An Analytical Approach to the Invitation quality of Contemporary Mosques (Case Study: Mosques of Tehran)

There were the glorious examples of the architecture of mosque once in Iran.They were the places for equality between all classes, so they must have qualities for invitation, guidance, and reminder and call the believers and attract other followers of religions as the missionary of Islam. This invitation is not only in the field of vision, but also in terms of audio and other means, such as mul...

The Effect Of Form & Morphology Criteria On The Enhancement Of Sense Of Invitation In Entrance Landscape (Case Study: Bazaar of Qazvin)

The form and morphology criteria are among  effective components in enhancement and improvement of urban environments and one of the features of successful urban spaces, is the way these criteria are arranged alongside each other especially at the visual landscape of an entrance space, because entrance of every place is the first and most important communication ring between the person and the ...

A Contrastive Analysis of Persian and English Compliment, Request, and Invitation Patterns within the Semantic Metalanguage Framework

Speech acts shape the core of pragmatic competence and their mastery is a prerequisite for successful dis- course encounters in an L2. Cross-cultural comparisons, as claimed by Johnstone (2018), are very effec- tive for knowing and acquiring the speech acts. Accordingly, the purpose of this study was to compare a limited number of communicative routines in English and Persian within the f...

Teacher Wait-Time and Learner Initiation: A Single Case Analysis

The prevailing pattern of classroom interaction is a tripartite exchange structure known as IRF (teacher initiation, student response, teacher follow-up/feedback; Sinclair & Coulthard, 1975). Although it has its own contributions to classroom discourse, it has been criticized on several grounds, particularly for affording minimum learner participation opportunities (Kasper, 2001). An alternativ...

Guidance-Based Teaching Methods; An Up-to-Date Ethical Appendix for the Effectiveness of Islamic Teachings Courses in Universities

One of the most important educational goals in teaching the Islamic teachings is to improve the level of knowledge and faith of the students by providing appropriate educational content. To achieve this goal, various educational methods can be suggested. According to the present writer, “Guidance-based teaching method” as one of the subsets of active teaching methods is one of the most effectiv...

Invitation and Truth in Global Relation from the Islamic Viewpoint